301. The writer was always looking for suitable _____ to use in his next story. A. contents B. articles C. notions D. ideas 302. He gave me some very _____ advice on buying a house. A. precious B. worthy C. precise D. valuable 303. You will get to the church more quickly if you take this _____ across the fields. A. track B. passage C. method D. journey 304. A landing on Mars is within the _____ of current physical theory. A. scheme B. scope C. scrap D. scale 305. He was _____ by a bee when he was collecting the honey. A. scratched B. pricked C. stung D. bitten 306. Don't go too far into the sea, children, or the waves will _____ you off your feet. A. flow B. cut C. press D. sweep 307. The store had no more red shoes _____, so Mary chose brown ones instead. A. in demand B. in store C. in need D. in stock 308. Bill is not a fast runner and he doesn't have a chance of winning the marathon, but he will _____ the race even if he finishes last. A. keep on B. keep to C. stick out D. stick to 309. Can you _____ me _____ two hundred copies of this article by tomorrow. A. give . . out B. send . . in C. write . . off D. run . . off 310. The current political _____ of our country is favorable for foreign investments. A. climate B. weather C. state D. occasion 311. It was with great delight that I read in your February _____ the letter to the Editor written by Prof. Johnson. A. issue B. printing C. magazine D. copy 312. What I'm telling you is strictly _____. Do not let anyone know of it. A. secretive B. special C. individual D. confidential 313. The author had qualified as a doctor but later gave up the _____ of medicine for full-time writing. A. pre...